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Participation in the study will involve listening to sounds through earphones while blood glucose levels are measured by taking blood samples using a lancet. During the study, blood glucose levels will be increased by drinking a beverage containing sugar.

Up to five visits to the NCRAR will be needed over a six-month period to complete the study. Each visit lasts either two or four hours, and will be scheduled at your convenience. You will be paid $20 for the first 2-hour screening visit and $50 for each 4-hour visit. You will be paid $30 if you are selected to participate in a 2-hour Attention Correlation Test that a sub-set of 10 participants will complete.

Eligibility

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Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

No

Sampling Method:

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Diabetese subjects with no hearing impairement.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

18 years or older

Diabetes

Normal hearing

Hemoglobin A1C of 5.5-8%

Exclusion Criteria:

Volunteers may not participate if they have peripheral neuropathy

visual impairment due to diabetic retinopathy

organ failure (kidney, liver heart, or lungs)

severe or unstable cardiovascular disease

active alcohol or drug abuse

schizophrenia

bipolar disorder

active major depressive disorder

active foot ulcerations

active viral or other infections such as HIV

hepatitis, or pneumonia

serious renal

cardiac or cognitive dysfunction.

Contacts and Locations

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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01073137